George, We deliberately changed 13 to put the responsibility on the owner for conditions in the water supply that we as contractors may have to address. In the 1999 version of 13, if we as contractors had 'knowledge' that MIC was a problem in a given water supply, we were responsible for testing and possibly treating that water supply when installing systems connected to it. So if one contractor knew of a MIC problem, and another one didn't, the bids would be apples and oranges. The 13 technical committee determined that any information regarding the need for treating or otherwise addressing MIC or corrosion issues in the water supply shall be provided in the owner's certificate, starting in the 2002 edition, section 4.3. All contractors would then be bidding with the same information.
We do have a responsibility to test for MIC in the latest editions of 25 (since 2002) if evidence of slime or tubercules is found during the 5 year obstruction inspection. Terry Victor National Manager of Sprinkler Systems SimplexGrinnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Church Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 8:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: MIC test -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Church Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 4:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: MIC test how are y'all covering the MIC testing in the new #13? Dump it on the Owner? Are water companies including MIC test in their QC monitoring analysis? Are AHjs allowing the relaxation of the Addenda? George Church Rowe Sprinkler _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
